Main Cast: Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Natalie Kingston, Henry Armetta, Guido Trento
Release Year: 1928
Country: US
Run Time: 102 minutes
Plot
Fox's follow-up to Seventh Heaven, The Street Angel reunited stars Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor with director Frank Borzage. The action begins in Naples, as poverty-stricken Maria (Gaynor) steals medicine for her ailing mother. Now a fugitive from justice, Maria escapes by joining a travelling carnival, where she meets and falls in love with portrait painter Angelo (Charles Farrell). Impressed by her ethereal beauty, Angelo asks the girl to pose for his portrait of the Madonna. But when she's suddenly arrested, the disillusioned Angelo sinks into depravation. Released from prison, Maria sees her portrait in a church and is inspired to seek out Angelo. Explaining the circumstances of her arrest, Maria saves Angelo from his sordid surroundings, inspiring him to return to painting -- and, not surprisingly, to propose marriage. Heavily influenced by the "Germanic" style then in vogue, Street Angel lacked the simplicity and sincerity of Sunrise but managed to post a profit all the same. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Alberto Rabagliati - Policeman; Jennie Bruno - Landlady; Milton Dickinson - Bimbo; Helena Herman - Andrea; David Kashner - Strong Man; Louis Liggett - Beppo; Gino Conti - Policeman
Credit
Lew Borzage - First Assistant Director, Frank Borzage - Director, Barney Wolf - Editor, Harry Oliver - Production Designer, Ernest Palmer - Cinematographer, William Fox - Producer, H.H. Caldwell - Intertitle Writer, Katherine Hilliker - Intertitle Writer, Philip Klein - Screenwriter, Marion Orth - Screenwriter, Henry Roberts Symonds - Screenwriter, Monckton Hoffe - Play Author
